Container



Patented Apr. 28, 1925.

U NITE'D yTST-A TES VICTQR VIVAUDOU, OF NEIN YORK, N. Y.

CONTAINER.

Applcatonlled Gotober 16, 1922.

To all tf1/wm t may concern.'

Be it knowny that I, Vieron VlvAUnoU, a citizen of the United States, residing at New -iiork city, county ot New York, borough ot Manhattan, and State 'ot' New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specitication.

My invention refers to containers and reters particularly to containers suitable .tor employment with powder masses.

@ne of the objects of my invention is a container suitable tor the retention ot masses or compacts, ot tace powder and similar products. i

In the employment of powder compacts ot the character mentioned, the powder is pressed into a solid mass, or compact, which is then attached by means of an adhesive to a supporting plate, usually ot metal, in order to prevent, as far as possible, the breaking and disintegration ot the mass during its use.

The compact thus affixed to the supporting plate is then liXedly attached to the inside tace ot' a container, in order to protect it during non-use.

rlhis contact between the supporting piate and the` tace of the container is usually accomplished by means ot an adhesive, but as the two abutting surfaces are of metal, considerable difficulty is experienced in producing a suciently permanent cinture to withstand the use to which the device is applied.

In additionto the above-mentioned dithculty, a device ot this character possesses the further disadvantage that, when the compact is consumed, or broken, it is necessary to purchase a new container, as it is practically impossible for the ordinary user to aiiiX a new compact therein.

The device of my invention overcomes all of these, and other, ditlicult-ies and disadvantages and presents a new and useful device possessing' advantages not incident to the former devices, as described above.

My invention comprises a device in which the supporting plate, carrying the compact, is capable ot mechanical attachment to an inner tace of the container, preferably by thread engagement, thus insuring a firm attachment while allowing ot the easy removal of an old compact and attachment ot a new compact.

The novelty and advantages of my de- Serial No. 594,871.

vice will be evident upon a conside `ation ot my specification and accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating modilied forms ot the device of my invention, similar parts are designated by similar numerals.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form ot my device in closed position. U5 h Figure 2 is a top plan view ot Figure 1 1n Vopen position.

Figure 3 is a cross-section through the line 3 3 ot Figure 1.

Figure 4; is an enlarged vertical cross-section ot' the attaching means ot Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical cross-section ot a modified attaching` means.

Figure (i is a vertical cross-section ot a moditied attaching means.

Figure 7 is a vertical cross-section ot a modilied attaching means.

rIlhe particular form o'l" the device ot my invention, shown in the accompanying ldrawings, comprises a container having the bottom 10, the upwardly extended side flange 11 and the top 12 hinged to the flange 11 at 13.

Situated within the container is a powder compact 14 tixedly attached to the supporting plate 15 by means of glue or otherwise.

The supporting plate 15 has a lixedly attached centrally positioned member 16 extending below its bottom tace, the extended portion carrying` a thread capable ot meshment with the thread within the centrally positioned opening 17 ot the bottom 10.

In the modification shown in Figure 5, the bottom member 10 has a tixe'dly attached annular extended member 18 having a centrally positioned threaded opening 19. The supporting` plate 15 has a centrally positioned annular recess 20, the extended threaded portion ot the member 16 meshing with the threads in the opening 19.

In the modiiications shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, the extended threaded member 16 is iixe'dly attached to the compact-supporting plate 15 and is capable ot being threaded into an opening within the bottom 10 or an opening within a member carried thereby.

In the nioditications shown in Figures (i and 7,'the extended threaded member is carried by the bottom 10 and threads with 'an opening` in the compact-supporting plate 15.

In the device ot Figure G, the bottom 10 has a riveted upwardly extended threaded member 2l capable of meshment within the threaded opening 22 of the compact-supporting plate l5.

In the device of Figure 7, an upwardly extended threaded member 23 is soldered, or otherwise ixedly attached, within the recess 24 otl the bottom 10 and is capable of mesh ment within the threaded opening` 25 of the compact supporting plate l5.

A mirror 26 is carried by the interior of the top7 or cover, 12 and a powder pull 27 may be carried within the device.

From the above description ot' my invention, it is evident that a firm attachment is made between the container and the supporting plate and that the compact and supporting` plate may be readily removed and replaced.

I do not limit myself to the particular size, shape, number, arrangement or material ot' parts, as shown and described, all of which are given simply as a means for clearly explaining my invention.

What I claim is z A container comprising a top member, a bottom member having rigidly attached thereto a threaded member, a compact-sup porting member having rigidly attached thereto a threaded member capable of meshment with the threaded member of the bottom member upon rotation of the compact supporting member with respect to the bottom member and a frangible, solid powder compact ixedly attached to the compact-supporting member.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 11th day of October, 1922.

VICTOR VIVAUDOU. 

